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Meaning of hoya | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.
  2. Any plant of the genus Hoya
  3. A current or former student of Georgetown University.

Examples

“Today, the Hoyas’ senior point guard and former first-team All-Met is pursuing a more audacious goal: to take Georgetown deep in the NCAA tournament and add to the Final Four banners on display in McDonough Arena.”
“This traveling bear doesn’t belong to a circus — Chunky the Georgetown Panda is a stuffed panda that has been shipped across the country to Hoyas old and new.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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